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David Arfin — 5 Patents

Tesla: 3 patents #233 of 838Top 30%
Cisco: 2 patents #5,546 of 13,007Top 45%
Palo Alto, CA: #3,748 of 9,675 inventorsTop 40%
California: #107,996 of 386,348 inventorsTop 30%
Overall (All Time): #907,971 of 4,157,543Top 25%
5 Patents All Time
David Arfin has been granted 5 US patents while listed as an inventor at Tesla. The first was granted in 2011 and the most recent in August 2014. David Arfin ranks #907,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 21.8%). Patent records list David Arfin in Palo Alto, CA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2011 to 2014Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 2011.peak 22011: 2 patents20112012: 2 patents20122014: 1 patents2014

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–5 of 5 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
8797919 Methods and apparatuses for device communications Daniel Lovy, Elliot Lovy, Edward M. Sesek, Nathaniel Mark Saal, Steven J. Schwarzenbach +1 more 2014-08-05 $23,713,000
8249902 Methods of processing information in solar energy system Michael A. Niver, Ben Tarbell 2012-08-21
8175964 Systems and methods for financing renewable energy systems 2012-05-08
8036143 Method and apparatus for device communications Daniel Lovy, Elliot Lovy, Edward M. Sesek, Nathaniel Mark Saal, Steven J. Schwarzenbach +1 more 2011-10-11 $21,341,000
7904382 Methods for financing renewable energy systems 2011-03-08